LARGO – Eight O’Clock Theatre’s 2005-2006 performance season will begin with “Dracula,” Friday, Sept. 16 through Sunday, Sept. 25, at the Largo Cultural Center. Show times will be 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Dracula,” a mystery thriller, opened on Broadway in 1977, and is considered among the best of its kind. Lucy Seward, attacked by a mysterious illness, is believed to be the victim of a vampire, found to be a certain Count Dracula. The play is intended for all who love thrills in live theater.

Tickets are $17 reserved, $15.50 groups, $11 students 19 and younger and are available by calling the box office at 587-6793, at Ticketmaster.com or at www.largoarts.com.